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SHIRT IRONING TABLE. No. 396,416. Patented Jan. 22, 189.

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I SHIRT IRONING TABLE. No. 396,416. Ratented Jan. 22, 1889.

UNITED STATES Prion.

JAMES H. MOUNT, OF JAMESBURG, NEXV JERSEY.

SHIRT-IRONING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,416, dated January22, 1889.

Application filed June 29, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. MOUNT, of J alnesbu'rg, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Shirt Ironing Tables, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my improvement is to provide a shirt-ironing table whereofthe yoke and skirt clamping devices and the neckbandshaping device willhave greater durability, efiectiveness, and convenience in use than isordinarily possessed by devices of thischaracter.

I will first describe in detail an ironingtable embodying myimprovement, and then point out the various features of the improvementin claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference d esignatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a shirt-ironing table for family useembodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the saidironingtable. Fig. 3 is a front end view of the same. Fig. 4: is alongitudinal sectional view on the line :0 5c of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is arear end view of the ironing-table detached from its support, partsbeing broken out. Fig. 6 illustrates the devices whereby theironing-table is attached to its support, and Figs. 7 and 8 are detailviews hereinafter described.

A designates an ironing-board, which for public laundry purposes isordinarily formed on or secured permanently to a laundry-table, butwhich for family use can be removably attached to an ordinary table, B,or other support, by means of studs A, projecting laterally in a likedirection from brackets A fixed to the under side of the board andslipped in apertured vertical lugs B, held in the angle formed by theprojecting ledge 13 of the table and its vertical side rails. Thebrackets A extend beyond the inner end of the ironingboard A, and theirprojecting ends have horizontal upper edges adapted to bear against theunder side of the ledge 13 and vertical inner edges adapted to abutagainst the side rail at points above and below the studs A, so that theironing-board will be held firmly Serial No. 242,871. (No model.)

against vertical motion without bolstering up its outer end. Ahook-catch, B and eye B connect one side bracket, A with the table B,and serve to hold the board against lateral displacement.

The pivotal clamping-bar D for binding the skirt of the shirt upon theironing-board has a series of independent spherical rubber knobs, D,projecting from its contact-face. These knobs D by their friction firmlyhold the garment in place, and by the increased elasticity due to theirshape prevent the clamping-bar from sticking to the moistened fabric andretract the bar when the same is released.

The clamping-bar D also has a spring-hinge for automatically throwing itupward and outward when released, constructed of a plate, 1

C, (here shown screwed to a lateral projection of the ironing-board andformed with a shoulder, C and the upwardly-projecting hi11gelugs 0hinge-plates C secured to opposite sides of the bar D, a pivot, C, and aspring, 0 coiled on the pivot C and having one extremity rested againstthe shoulder C and the other against the inner end of the bar D. Theplate 0 is also formed with an upwardly and outwardly curved bearing, 0,against which a check-spring, C secured to the back of the bar D, isadapted to strike, and thus ease off and limit the throw .of theclampingbar by its spring-hinge.

The spring-catch E, which automatically engages the beveled free end ofthe clampingbar D, as shown, is constructed of a plate, E, (here shownscrewed to a lateral projection of the ironing-board and formed with upwardly-projecting lugs E1) an inverted-U- shaped swinging catch-piece, Ehaving its free ends embraced between the lugs E, a pivot, E, and aspring, E, coiled 011 the pivot and having its extremities restedagainst the plate E and the swinging piece E respectively.

The device for clamping the yoke of the shirt against the front end ofthe board consists of a clamping-bar, F, having rubber knobs D, like andfor a similar purpose to those on the skirt-clamping bar D, and a shank,F, which is pivoted in a longitudinal slot formed in and from the frontend of a fixed longitudinal bar, G, and a handled canilever, W, thecam-head. of which is also pivoted in said slot just back of the shankF. The front bearing-surface of the cam-head is cut on a circle, ofwhich the pivot of the camlever is the center, and the rearbearing-surface, F, of the shank 1*", which has a wearplate, F is cut ona like circle, so that when the cam-lever is pushed forward to press theclzunping-bar F against the board A, as in Fig. 2, the twobearing-surfaces will be in con,- tact throughout their whole extent, soas to distribute the pressure evenly.

I make the bar G readilyremovable and longitudinally adjustable fortaking up the wear and shrinkage of the clamp or clamping devicesupported thereliiy by forming in and from its rear end a longitinlinal.slot, G, through which the shank of a clampi ng-scrcw, G is passed intoits support, and by mounting it in a corresponding groove, G formed inthe under side of the said support. This support may be a block, II,secured across the bottom of the brackets A in the form for family use,or a heavy block, ll, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, adapted for attachmentto the under side of the laundry-table on which the iron in g-talue issupported for public laundry use. 1n either case I elect to line thebottom of the groove G with sand-paper, G, or an equivalent frictionalmaterial, by which the bar G, when clamped there against by theset-screw G will be firmly held against longitudinal play to resist thetension produced by the yoke-clam p.

An upright stud, K, is arranged on lop of the board A for attachment ofthe neckband- 1 ring L, and is threaded at its lower end to adapt it toa threaded socket formed in a plate, K, countersunk in the top of theboard, so that it can be removed when the neckbandring is not requiredfor use, as when an openfront shirt is being ironed.

The hoop ot' the neckbaml-ring L is Formed in two sections, L and L ofthin elastic metal 01 other suitable material, the section U being bentin semicircular form, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, to form acircular ring, or in slightly angular form, as shown in full lines insaid figure, tomakean egg-sha1nul ring.

The hoop-section L has a bar, L secured centrally thereto and formedwith. an aperture in which is received the attaching-stud K, to hold thering in place on the board.

The free ends of section L overlap those of section. L, and have armsL", which project inwardly through slots in section L, cross each other,and have their inner ends pivoted to opposite sides of the bar L". Asliding stud, L in the arms L works in slots L and U formed and the barL, l'QSPGOT-lVQly.

The free ends of both sections L and L yielding inwardly on compression,the ring can be contracted to any desired extent to fit within theneckband of the shirt, and on then being released it will automaticallyexpand and stretch the same.

The internal connections described cause the hoop to expand uniformlythroughout its circumference.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with an ironing-board anda plate, (1, attached thereto and formed with hinge-lu G a shoulder, 0and a curved or inclined bearing, C, of a clamping-bar, I), hinge-platesattached to the end or" the same, a pivot, passed through the lugs C andplates U, a spring, C coiled on thepivot C, and having its ends restingagainst the shoulder and the bar D, respectively, and a check-spring,(2, attached to the bar D, and adapted to co-operate with the bearing(1' substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with an ironing-lmard and a block, ll, fixed belowthe same and formed. with a longitudinal groove, G in its under side,of. a bar, G, mounted to slide lengthwise in said groove and formed withlongitudinal slots in its front and rear ends, a clamping-screw, (1passed through the rear one of said slots into the block ll, aclampingbar, 1!, adapted to bear against the ironingboard and havin ashank pivoted in the front one of said slots, and a cam-lever pivoted inthe latter slot and adaptedto work against said shank, substantially asshown and described.

3. In a yoke -clamping device for shirtironing boards, the condnnationof a pivotal cam-lever, F having its bearing-s'urface F cut on a circleof which. the pivot of the lever is the center, and a swingingclamping-bar, F, having the bearing-s11rt'acell of its shank F cut on. alike circle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination,with an ironing-board, of a:neckband-ring formed oftwo movablyconnected sections of thin elastic material, one section beinconnected to the board, and both sections having in\va1*dly-cmnprcssibleend portions, substantially as described.

5. A n eckbainl-ring formed of elastic hoopsections L and L aninteriorly-projecting bar, L, on one section, and interiorlyqnrojectingarnisL' on theother section pivotally eonneeted lo the bar L,substantial ly as described.

JAMES H. MOUNT.

\Vitnesses:

CLARENCE L. BURGER,

EDGAR TATE.

